For the first time in our history, the American Cancer Society research budget is in jeopardy. As a direct result of COVID-19, deep cuts to our research funding could mean a generation of cancer research lost. We need your help now in these priority areas because...
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE WHERE
cancer diagnoses
decrease and life
expectancies
increase
everyone has a fair
and just opportunity
to survive cancer
affordable, high-quality treatments move from lab to bedside quickly
there is no such
thing as terminal
cancer
Health Equity &
Social Determinants of Health
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Data shows that racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those with lower socioeconomic status have a disproportionate cancer burden
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ACS is slated to fund close to 60 grants in 2020 focused on health equity research and eliminating those disparities
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Grants are focused on how social determinants impact cancer incidence; how they impact access to care; how they impact outcomes of care; how they impact survivorship & quality of life
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Only 7% of NIH applicants are from underrepresented minority groups and less than 2% are Black Americans.
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Through our Diversity Research Internship program we ensure college students of diverse backgrounds who are underrepresented in the cancer research field see medical research as a potential career opportunity.
Cancer Research & Preserving a Generation of Breakthroughs
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ACS invests in early-career investigators so they can establish their science to secure larger federal grant funding
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ACS invests in innovative and out of the box ideas across the cancer continuum
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More than $100 million of cancer research is at risk
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Failing to invest in research now means that we will have fewer preventative tools, fewer treatment options, lost progress towards a cure, and ultimately, more deaths from cancer in the future.
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Research takes years to come to fruition; a cancer breakthrough begins perhaps 10-20 years earlier.
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A lack of available funding could deter young investigators with big ideas to leave the field for different careers.
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If research is disrupted today, it means lives lost tomorrow.
